Mount for artificial teeth



Jan. .16, 1923. 1,442,081.

F. MAEULEN ET AL. Y

MOUNT FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

FILED Nov. 30. 19'20.

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Patented Jan. 16, 19,23.

y UNlTED STA FREDERICK MAEULEN, OERAHWAY, ANDv GEORGE E. VAN ALLEN, OENEWARK, ,NEW JERSEY, AssrGNoRs rro BAKER a COMPANY, INC., AOOREORATIONOE NEW JERSEY.

MOUNT FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH.` v

Application filed November 30, 1920. Serial NO`.'427,344.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, FREoERroK MAEULEN and GEORGE L. VAN ALLEN, citizensof the United States, and residents, respectively,

of Rahway, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, and Newark,in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Mounts for Artiicial Teeth, of

l0 which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to a mount for artificial teeth for supportingand displaying the same for exhibition, sale or other pur oses. 4 f

eretofore artificial teeth have been mounted on a card or the likeformedV of wax or other penetrable material, or having a coating of suchmaterial thereon, the teeth being pressed into the wax and being heldthereby on the card for display. This method of mounting the teethnecessitates the use of a large amount of wax which becomes easilysoiled, unduly soft and flexible in warm weather and too hard in coldweather, and furthermore does not provide a secure support for diatoricteeth.

The objects of our invention are to provide a mount for artificial teethwhich requires a minimum amount of wax or the like; to provide such amount which is rigid in construction and will not easily bend or break;to provide a construction whereby ample support for the diatoric teethis obtained; to thus form a mount comprising a substantially rigidsupport or backing having in one surface thereof inter-` mediate itsends a depression to receive wax or the like to support the centerartificial teeth of a set, the diatoric or end teeth being mounted uponthe backing or support at the ends of the said wax; to provide improvedmeans for mounting the diatorio teeth thus saving a-large amount of waxand producing a rm support for the diatorics; and to obtain otherresults and advantages as may be broughtout bythe following description,p

' Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a plan View of a mount for articial teeth embodying ourinvention, and showingan upper jaw set of teeth mounted thereon;

I `Fglle 2 iS a similarfview of lthey mountl 1"" with the teeth and thediatoric teeth sup'r ports removed;

y Figure 3 1s a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken'on the line3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Figure 4 is a transversetsectionalview" taken on the lined- 4 of Fig. 2.4

In the specic embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings, thenumeral lv designates a strip of cardboard, wood, fiber, or othersuitable substantially inflexible material, the said strip beingpreferably of a length sullicient to receive a set of articial teetharranged side by side as .shown in Figure 4. Substantially centrally ofthe length of the strip 1 is formed a depression or recess 2 ofy a widthand length` adapted to receive the supporting pins 3 of the six centralteeth l of the set, the said depression or recess 2 being filled withwax or other suitable penetrable .and soft material 5. It will beunderstood that the teeth 4 y are supported on the mounting by insertfing the pins 3 into the wax 5, as shown in Figures l and 3.

rlhe diatoric teeth 6 are mounted upon A' the strip or backing 1 at therespective ends of the depression or recess 2, the said dia-- toricsbeing provided with transverse openings 7 through which passes asupporting. wire S having its ends inserted through openings 9 formed inthe 'backingh the said ends of the wires 8 being twisted or otherwisedetachably connected. at 10 on the reverse side of the supporting stripl. It will thus be seen that all of the teeth of a set may be mounteduponv the backing l in an attractive and lirm `vmanner with a minimumamount of wax. 1s also substantially rigid and inflexible and Thebacking 1r will not be afected by changes in temper- 4.ature as is theusual wax mounting.` The large or dia-torio teeth are-securelyl fastenedupon the backing l by the wires 8 softhat they cannot be easily' knockedo" or displaced, as is possible when ythe teeth are mounted in the wax.v arranged at opposite ends of the central teeth 4 so as tov provide inelfect builers for these teeth to prevent the same from be` Thediatorics are also ing accidentally ldisplaced froml the backing.Obviously the central teeth t can be removed from the backing by simplypulling the pins 3 out of the wax and replaced by :pressing the pinsinto the wax, While the and pulling one end thereoffroln thecorresponding` opening 9, thereby allowing the `teeth 'to heslippedthererom.

Having thus what We claim is:

A mount for al set of artificial.teethincluding central or pin teeth andend or diatorie'teeth all in their naturalrelative positions, comprisingan insert of penetrahie material of shcient area to siipport describedthe invention,

said pin teeth, a backing of relatively ini-- penetrahle material havingvend .portions adapted to underlie the end or diatorlc teeth, saidhacking supporting; said insert. between said end portionsinsuchposition K that it Willunderlie the pin teethyand means on bothsaid end portions of the backing for seeuringthe end or diatorio teethto said 20 end portions.

EEEDEEIQK i/IAEULEN. GEORGE L. VAN ALLEN.

